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SHOOTING GALLERY.

(Application led Oct. 25. 1900.)

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GEORGE WASHINGTON COX, OF ABILENE, KANSAS.

SHOOTING-GALLERY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 667,505, dated February 5, 1901 Application led October 25,1900 Serial No. 34,353. (No model.:

.To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WASHINGTON COX, of Abilene, in the county of Dickinson and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shootinglalleries; and I do hereby declare that the following description of my said invention, Taken in connection with the accompanying sheets of drawings, forms a full, clear, and exact specification, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to shooting-galleries and to a novel construction of targets employed in such galleries and comprises the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying diagrams, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l is a front elevation of my device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same. Fig. 3 is a View looking down upon the gallery from the top. The targets are absent in this drawing. Fig. 4 is a view of one of the upper set of targets, showing hinge and weight used to throw the target back into position. Fig. 5 is a view of one of the middle sets of targets, also showing' attaching-hinge, weights, small wheehand attach ment which causes the target to make its natural running motion. Fig. o' is a portion of the third set of targets, showing manner of attachment.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several Views.

A represents a su pporting-frame, in Which is the shaft B, to which are attached three sets'of radial arms C O2 O3, there being eight in each set. These arms differ in length, the shortest being represented by O' and the longest by C3. On the outer ends of the said arms are attached the three sets of targets D D2 D3. D represents a duck, D2 a rabbit,.and D3 a man on horseback. Other animals-such as deer, elephants, camels, &c.'will be used at D2 and D3 besides the rabbit and the man on horseback, so as to furnish a variety of targets. D and D2 are attached to the radial arms C and O2 by means of a swivel. D3 is attached securely and is not movable, while the upper portion or man is attached by means of a swivel and is made to fall back when struck. In their normal position all the targets maintain a vertical position. This is caused by the weights attached to the lower portions of each, which overcomes the resistance to fall back. These weights are reprerented, respectively, by E' in foreground D3, d' on target D, and Z2 on target D2. This feature will be hereinafter described in detail.

The set of radial arms O', consisting of eight in number, each carry a target in the form of a duck, which is shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, each of which is attached to a radial arm by means of the hinge F, which allows the target to fall backward when struck by a bullet. The target is then brought back into a vertical position by means of the weight d' in Fig. 4 as soon as the force of the bullet is spent. The hinge F acts as a pivot, and the target is kept in balance by means of the said weight.

The targets D2, attached to the radial arms C2, are in the shape of rabbits, deers, camels, tbc., and each is attached to the radial arms by means of swivel G, which allows it to fall and again regain its position. On each of the rabbits and other animals legs are the weights d2, which hold them in balance and which cause them to regain their positions after they have been knocked over by the force ot' the bullet. The rabbits and other game are also given a running motion by means of an attachment consisting of Gl, G2, and G3. The upper end of G is attached to the swivel which holds the rabbit. The lower end is attached to the outer edge of G2, which is a small Wheel held in position by G3 in Fig. 2, G3 being attached to G4, a small upright arm on the end of the arm C2. Hence when the wheel G2 runs along the track H in Fig. 3, the said G' will describe a circle, as shown by the dotted lines G3 on G2, causing the rabbits and other gaine to rise and fall with an apparent running motion. The said Wheel G2 is kept in position by means of a rubber track H on the stage I in Fig. 3.

The third set of targets D3, attached tothe radial arms O3, consists of a man on horseback and other ani mals. The particular Way in which the man on horseback is attached to the arm is shown in Fig. 6. At the eX- tremity of the radial arm O3 is a small upright K, to which the horse is fastened in one IOU point only-the point L in Fig. 2. The horse is then allowed to move about this one point L in a circular motion, yet all the time remaining in an upright position. The horse is given a galloping motion by asimilar means as that above described in case of the rabbit, except that the attachment G in Fig. 5, in being joined at the upper end to the swivel, is in this case joined to the fore part of the horse and the point designated by M in Fig. 2. The man is held in position by means ot' the device O, which acts as a hinge and allows him to fall and again regain his position. The man is kept in position by means of a weight attached to the inner side of his foot, which acts in the same manner as each of the weights described in the case of the two other sets of targets. The said targets are made to revolve by means of a wire cable P, which runs about the wheel Q, which is attached to the shaft B in Fig. 2.

The front of the gallery is as described in Fig. l and is made of four pieces of sheetsteel a. CL2 a3 d4. -The background I'or each set of targets b b2 b3 is also made of the same in Figs. l and 2. The frame A is made of wood.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a shooting-gallery, the combination with a traveling support, of a target hinged to said support, said target movable independently of said support and adapted to automatically assume an upright position after being displaced by means of weights attached to said target.

2. In a shooting-gallery, the combination with a revoluble support, of a movable target, a rod attached to said target, a level track stationary in said gallery, and a wheel eccentrically mounted on said rod and adapted to bear upon said track, whereby the target is given a natural motion in accordance with its appearance and independent of the revolutions of the target.

3. In a shooting-gallery, the combination with a support, of a target one portion of which is pivotally secured to said support and the remaining portion adapted to be displaced when struck and then to automatically assume its former position.

4. In a shooting-gallery, the combination with a frame an opening in the frame, said frame being protected on its face, of revoluble shaft-supports secured to said shaft and adapted to revolve therewith, movable targets secured to said supports said targets being visible fora part of their travel through the opening aforesaid and adapted to be displaced when struck to disclose the fact to the gunner after which they automatically assume their former position by means of a suitably-attached weight.

5. In a shooting-gallery, a revoluble support, a target hinged to said support, a weight attached to and mounted below the center of gravity of said target, whereby to automatof said target whereby to return it to upright position after it has been displaced.

7. In a shooting-gallery, a revolving target constructed of two members one of which is hinged to the other, a weight on the movable member of said target whereby to return it to upright position after it has been displaced, the other of said members being movable independently of its revolutions.

GEORGE WASHINGTON COX.

Witnesses:

I-I. L. HUMPHREY, M. R. JoLLEY. 

